diff --git a/hw/i386/pc.c b/hw/i386/pc.c
index 0c313feb0b297709a5c554051cf1a517e2786340..ec5508b28830d005003e2ea1568860ed4f763c22 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc.c
@@ -1134,12 +1134,20 @@ FWCfgState *pc_memory_init(MemoryRegion *system_memory,
     memory_region_init_alias(ram_below_4g, NULL, "ram-below-4g", ram,
                              0, below_4g_mem_size);
     memory_region_add_subregion(system_memory, 0, ram_below_4g);
+    if (0) {
+        /*
+         * Ideally we should do that too, but that would ruin the e820
+         * reservations added by seabios before initializing fw_cfg.
+         */
+        e820_add_entry(0, below_4g_mem_size, E820_RAM);
+    }
     if (above_4g_mem_size > 0) {
         ram_above_4g = g_malloc(sizeof(*ram_above_4g));
         memory_region_init_alias(ram_above_4g, NULL, "ram-above-4g", ram,
                                  below_4g_mem_size, above_4g_mem_size);
         memory_region_add_subregion(system_memory, 0x100000000ULL,
                                     ram_above_4g);
+        e820_add_entry(0x100000000ULL, above_4g_mem_size, E820_RAM);
     }